Spiders for Halloween

No, it’s not some dodgy Halloween costume: Kyosho’s Halloween-eve release of Ferraris (the fifth this year) consists entirely of pop-top machinery. It’s light on the classics and the street-variant homologation racers, but still, Kyosho manages to get some models not done in small-scale before.

In the Miami Vice 1980s, how can no one have released a 365GTS4? (Yes, it’s available in black. Yes, we know the Miami Vice Ferrari was a Corvette. Hush now.) The Mondial T cabrio is new, as well, and while the thought of another done-to-death Testarossa in our display case makes us groan, a Spider variant is a welcome change indeed. We’ve also never seen the Superamerica or a 348 Spider in small scale before. The others, F355 Spider, F50 Spider, F430 Spider, et al, have been seen — though surely not with the lavish attention to detail that Kyosho provides.

Kyosho is on track to release 60 1:64 scale street-car models by the end of the year — a fitting tribute to Ferrari’s 60th anniversary indeed. Apparently, release #5 is already sold out in Japan. (No wonder Kyosho keeps mining that fertile ground.) Try places like Hobby Link Japan or ToyEast to get your hands on a set.

(This post originally appeared in the September 27, 2007, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)